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teach vs educate

educate vs teach

teach and educate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teach No No Yes No
educate No No Yes No
As verbs, educate is a hyponym of teach; that is, educate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teach:
  • teach: impart skills or knowledge to
  • educate: create by training and teaching
teach (verb) educate (verb)
accustom gradually to some action or attitude create by training and teaching
impart skills or knowledge to give an education to
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Difference between teach and educate

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